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The Latest News from the Morton EDC
1st Quarter 2019
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Join Us on Tuesday, April 9 for the
Morton Forecast Breakfast
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The Forecast Breakfast highlights major community projects and gives our elected bodies an opportunity to share their future plans.
Time: 7:00 - 8:30 am
Thank you to Justin Ferrill - Coldwell Banker Commercial for sponsoring this event!
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Field Shopping Center Open House
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Are you one that's asked or heard your friends ask about what's going on at the Field Shopping Center? Wondering if it will ever be vibrant again? Here's your opportunity to find out!
Join us for a Field Shopping Center Open House!
Hosts: The Morton EDC, Woodcrest Capital (the property owners), and the Village of Morton
Date: Tuesday, April 30
Time: 3:00 - 6:00 pm
What: See the available spaces, learn about the businesses already thriving there, and hear about planned improvements and incentives for locating a business there.
We'll hope to see you!
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Recruiting Morton Mentors for 2019/2020 School Year!
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Program Overview:
The Morton Mentor Program matches Morton CUSD 709 High School students with business leaders willing to share professional knowledge, skills, contacts, and resources. Through these matches, Mentors share their experience, guidance, and encouragement for students to develop their career pathway.
Who can participate:
Working professionals, company leaders, and/or trusted retirees with access to company facilities and a willingness to share from their experiences.
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Coffee Chats for Business Growth
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Startups, people with an idea, and anyone else launching businesses or projects out of homes and coffee shops are invited to join the Morton Economic Development Council for Coffee Connects. Launched in October, of 2018 coffee chats will run on Fridays from 8:00 - 10:00 am into the foreseeable future. Entrepreneurs can work alongside, seek advice from or meet with a representative from the Morton Economic Development Council at Eli's Coffee Shop between 8:00 am - 10:00 am. We will be there and would welcome the opportunity to connect with you. No appointment necessary! Just drop by!
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Join us for our next Morton MIXER featuring Mike Kuhl
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Our Morton Mixers provide a place where local entrepreneurs, business mentors, service providers, and others can meet, connect and support each other’s business growth.
The objective is to engineer connectivity between entrepreneurs at every stage of their growth cycles, and to have a good time doing it.
Join us for the next one with Mike Kuhl on Tuesday, May 7 from 5:45 - 6:30 pm at the KC Hall in Morton. RSVP with
lfisher@mortonedc.org.
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Did you know? Village of Morton owns, operates and maintains the Natural Gas system.
Please note
new number
for any needs in reaching out to Morton Natural Gas Department.
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Building Interpersonal Effectiveness MIX Luncheon
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Join us for a Morton MIX presentation with Professor Becky Wood with
Bradley University Foster College of Business
as she discusses "Building Interpersonal Effectiveness in Organizations and Helping Leaders Develop Skills to Manage Results".
Our business climate today rapidly changes, are you aware of the impacts? Morton MIX lunches are opportunities to learn more and embrace opportunities and prepare for challenges.
Date: Tuesday, May 7
Time: 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Freedom Hall
349 W Birchwood St, Morton, IL 61550
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Fourth Fridays beginning April 26
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From 5:00 - 8:00 PM on the fourth Fridays of April through August, downtown Morton will be a hotspot of music, art, shopping, food, and family fun.
New this year:
Be on the look out for a
Tazewell Art Loop Passport
that will feature some of businesses that make Tazewell County a cultural destination!
Special thanks to our sponsors Unland Companies and the Village of Morton Tourism Fund.
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Morton Companies with Positions to Fill
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Morton companies are experiencing tremendous growth and have informed us about opportunities at their companies. Here's a sample of the positions available. Please share the opportunities with your networks. Let's help these companies grow!
Have a position to fill? Let us know! Write
lfisher@mortonedc.org
with the listing and we'll help spread the word.
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Featured Building & Sites
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The Village of Morton is ideally situated for a range of businesses and investment opportunities. We will be featuring opportunities on a regular basis and this quarter we feature:
1665 N Main St.
The 1st floor of this space is available. It consists of 2,500 of nicely finished office space with 2,500 sq ft of warehouse space. The 2nd floor is leased by TWM. The main floor has a reception area, separate men and women's bathrooms, a kitchen, large storage/storm shelter, conference room, two private offices, 4 partitioned work areas and a large open work space.
The property is available for sale or lease. View the full listing details
here
and contact Will Hayes at Joseph Camper
O: 309.691.5919
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70 Commerce Drive
Prime development property in Morton Commerce Park, north of I-74. Land is leveled and storm retention has been installed and connected to a retention basin off site. Close proximity to Walmart and other commercial and retail businesses. Fast growing commercial and retail area, 1/2 mile to Interstate 74. Approximately 9 acres of land available for development along Courtland Avenue in Morton, Illinois.
View the full listing
here
and contact
Joe Gehrig, C
oldwell Banker for more information.
Cell: (309) 645-9735
Office: 309-692-7707
Fax: (309) 688-0654
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Available Properties? Businesses Seeking Space in Morton
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One way the MEDC supports business growth is by maintaining a robust list of available buildings and sites on the MEDC
website
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Do you know of other retail, office, commercial, industrial space available for lease or purchase? Please let us know!
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Contact Lenora Fisher
Community Development Director
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Morton Business Resources
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The Morton MicroGrant provides small grants to for-profit business owners looking to start, move, or grow a business in Morton. The grant award is tied to new job creation and businesses can earn up to $5,000 for property improvement or acquisition, equipment purchase, inventory and working capital, and rent subsidies. Microgrants are made possible through a direct investment Morton Community Bank made with the Morton EDC.
Learn more and apply today
here
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The Morton Building Improvement Grant
provides grants of up to $10,000 for exterior structural and aesthetic improvements, interior code compliant elements, signage and permanent landscaping and up to $5,000 for design and engineering costs on a reimbursement basis to support enhancing the property value. Applications will be accepted at any time and will be reviewed on a monthly basis.
Learn more and apply today
here
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Celebrating New & Growing Businesses in Morton
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There is a lot of activity in Morton these days, and we thought it good to highlight some of the cool new things you may and may not have read about yet!
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Highlighted Community Events
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Morton Economic Development Council | 309-263-2491 | labrown@mortonillinois.org | mortonedc.org
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